Relief Emergency Shelter Counselor
Listed compensation
$17 per hour
The week · per this posting
Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, weekend coverage and time off.
Job Description
The Center for Youth: Started BY YOUTH FOR YOUTH. We partner with youth to realize their full potential, by creating opportunities, removing barriers and promoting social justice.
Overview
Our free, confidential and voluntary, 13-bed shelter serves youth, 12-17 years old, for up to 30 days. Counselors provide nonjudgmental, individualized support to help youth reunite with their families or find alternative, stable housing.
Schedule: Relief/ part-time position. Hours can include a combination of days, evenings, overnights and weekends.
Responsibilities
- Supervision of: wake-up, clean-up, daily chores and bedtime
- Distribution of medications and appropriate documentation
- Liaison with Intake and Emergency Shelter Support (Counseling) teams
- Individual counseling and mentoring
- After-hour response, assessment and intake of youth in need
- Development and supervision of social, cultural and recreational activities
- Crisis/conflict/prevention/intervention, response and intervention
- Maintenance of accurate and timely program records
- Maintenance of facility and grounds
- Daily meal planning and preparation
Required Qualifications
- High School Degree OR GED OR equivalent combination / 1 year human service experience preferred
- A valid driver's license
Skills
- Counseling approaches and techniques
- Crisis prevention
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Pay Rate: $17 per hour
*All Offers may be contingent on a Background check and Driving record & Automobile insurance that meets agency insurance carrier requirements.
The Center for Youth Provides Equal Employment Opportunities
Requirements
Candidates must have a High School Degree, GED, or equivalent combination of education and experience. One year of human service experience is preferred, along with a valid driver's license.
Key Skills
Counselor Career Context
Of the 50 active Counseling listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% are remote, 32% have no call, 80% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Center for Youth Services ranks #12 of 16 employers hiring Counselor on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.
Counseling pay on WeekdayDoc is up 17.9% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
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Living in Rochester
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $247k
- Typical market rent
- $1,476/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 19 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 97.0
- State income tax
- Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Rochester, NY metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.